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Numera Siraj

Summary

Skilled Business Analyst with record of success breaking down and improving business systems. Collaborates well to test, implement, refine and enhance systems and meet current and expected business needs. Excellent research, reporting and communication strengths developed.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Analyst

United Airlines
08.2019 - Current
  • Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
  • Performed gap analysis to identify areas of improvement.
  • Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
  • Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
  • Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
  • Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
  • Generated business intelligence reports to inform strategic decision-making.
  • Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
  • Surveyed clients to ascertain requirements and expectations for product.
  • Analyzed open orders, backlog, and sales data to provide sales team with insights.
  • Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
  • Created dashboards to monitor and track key performance indicators.
  • Created data models to support decision-making processes.
  • Translates high level requirements into detailed level requirements (user stories) to be consumed by the development pods in each sprint, while ensuring stories and features are added iteratively to the product to add overall value.
  • Manages a story backlog to ensure readiness of user stories for the upcoming sprint.
  • Facilitates agile rituals such as inception, iteration and story kickoff, estimation sessions and help to keep team up-to-date with changes in priorities and to be available to answer questions quickly.
  • Analyzes data to ensure features are aligned with product goals/objectives and delivering the most business value.
  • Creates acceptance criteria that is clear, concise and actionable.
  • Works with User Experience (UX) analysts to ensure prototypes convey story intent.
  • Contributes to overall definition of strategy and scope.
  • Identifies opportunities for improvement across product, process and team.

Business Analyst

Rush Medical Center
08.2016 - 08.2019
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
  • Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
  • Provide revenue cycle support and education to end users for charge capture functionality workflow, documentation.
  • Coordinates and manages information system projects identified as high priority by the management team. Projects can include feasibility studies for new systems, implementation of new systems, and major enhancements to existing systems. Tasks include coordinating with IS the systems analysis, project planning, design, testing, rollout, education, and training.
  • Assists in the development, implementation, and documentation of new charge capture EHR system functionality.
  • Understands clinical operational workflows in relationship to technical build to identify inconsistencies or improvement opportunities that could impact reimbursement, revenue integrity, and/or reduce denials.
  • Translates workflow issues to technical solutions that support revenue cycle integrity, CDI, and back end processes.
  • Reviews EHR charge information, claim data, and insurance correspondence to determine and manage break-fix issues in charge capture workflows.
  • Develops provider learning and training material.
  • Serves a primary support contact for application issues regarding charge capture.
  • Serves as a primary point of contact for provider support related to change capture functionality.
  • Seeks to establish collaborative relationships with physician leaders, clinical providers, IS, Corporate Compliance, Revenue Cycle, and administrative leadership in the support of coding education and documentation adequacy.
  • Analyzes billing trends and identify areas of charge capture workflow improvement Assists in the development of corrective action plans and participates in compliance investigations as needed.
  • Translates revenue cycle issues into technical solutions.
  • Manages special projects individually or in collaboration with other departments.
  • Consistently promotes ideas for improving charge capture process and relationships with clinical departments.
  • Tracks documentation improvements to measure ROI, organizational growth and support of CPI initiatives.
  • Performs job functions adhering to service principles with customer service focus on I-Care values.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform system analysis, apply system analysis skills to workflow assessment, and to solve computer system problems.
  • Strong communication and organizational skills.
  • Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Information Systems

National Louis University
Chicago, IL
09.2021

Skills

  • Operations Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Customer Needs Assessment
  • Technical Writing
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Workflow Analysis
  • Business Planning
  • Forecasting and Planning
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Test Case Scenarios
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Excel Mastery

Timeline

Business Analyst

United Airlines
08.2019 - Current

Business Analyst

Rush Medical Center
08.2016 - 08.2019

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Information Systems

National Louis University

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